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Report Number: 2019-118


Table of Individual Responses to Selected Survey Questions

To see an agency's full response to our survey, click the agency link in the first column of the table. We administered this survey from August 12 through August 26, 2019. The survey responses were self-reported and we did not verify their accuracy.


AGENCY
USES AN ALPR SYSTEM SHARES ALPR INFORMATION VENDOR POLICY DATA RETENTION PERIOD
Alameda County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Alameda Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Albany Police Department NO
Alhambra Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Alpine County Sheriff NO
Alturas Police Department NO
Amador County Sheriff NO
Anaheim Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Angels Camp Police Department NO
Antioch Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Arcadia Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Arcata Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Arroyo Grande Police Department NO
Arvin Police Department NO
Atascadero Police Department NO
Atherton Police Department YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Atwater Police Department NO
Auburn Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Avenal Police Department NO
Azusa Police Department YES NO Other NO Between 2 years and 5 years
Bakersfield Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES
Baldwin Park Police Department NO
Banning Police Department NO
Bear Valley Police Department NO
Beaumont Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Bell Gardens Police Department YES NO Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Bell Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Belmont Police Department NO
Belvedere Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Benicia Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Berkeley Police Department YES NO Genetec YES 6 months or less
Beverly Hills Police Department YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Bishop Police Department NO
Blythe Police Department NO
Brawley Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Brea Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Brentwood Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Brisbane Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Broadmoor Police Department NO
Buena Park Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Burbank Police Department YES NO Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Burlingame Police Department YES Other YES Less than 1 day
Butte County Sheriff NO
Calaveras County Sheriff NO
Calexico Police Department NO
California City Police Department NO
Calistoga Police Department NO
Campbell Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Capitola Police Department YES Genetec, All Traffic Solutions YES Less than 1 day
Carlsbad Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Carmel Police Department YES NO Genetec YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Cathedral City Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Central Marin Police YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Ceres Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Chico Police Department YES NO Other YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Chino Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Chowchilla Police Department YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Chula Vista Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Citrus Heights Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Claremont Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Clayton Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Clearlake Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Cloverdale Police Department NO
Clovis Police Department YES YES Vigilant, ELSAG YES Greater than 5 years
Coalinga Police Department NO
Colma Police Department NO
Colton Police Department YES NO Other NO 6 months or less
Colusa County Sheriff NO
Colusa Police Department NO
Concord Police Department YES YES PIPS YES 6 months or less
Contra Costa County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Corcoran Police Department NO
Corning Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Corona Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Coronado Police Department YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Costa Mesa Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Cotati Police Department NO
Covina Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Crescent City Police Department NO
Culver City Police Department YES NO Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Cypress Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Daly City Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Davis Police Department YES NO Genetec YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Del Rey Oaks Police Department NO
Delano Police Department NO
Desert Hot Springs Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Dinuba Police Department NO
Dixon Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Dos Palos Police Department NO
Downey Police Department YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES 6 months or less
East Palo Alto Police Department YES PIPS YES Less than 1 day
El Cajon Police Department YES YES Other YES Less than 1 day
El Centro Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
El Cerrito Police Department YES PIPS, Other NO Less than 1 day
El Dorado County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
El Monte Police Department NO
El Segundo Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Elk Grove Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Emeryville Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Escalon Police Department NO
Escondido Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Etna Police Department NO
Eureka Police Department NO
Exeter Police Department NO
Fairfax Police Department NO
Fairfield Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Farmersville Police Department NO
Ferndale Police Department NO
Firebaugh Police Department NO
Folsom Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Fontana Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Fort Bragg Police Department NO
Fortuna Police Department NO
Foster City Police Department NO
Fountain Valley Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES
Fowler Police Department NO
Fremont Police Department YES YES PIPS, Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Fresno County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Fresno Police Department YES YES Vigilant, ELSAG YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Fullerton Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Galt Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Garden Grove Police Department YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Gardena Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Gilroy Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Glendale Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Glendora Police Department YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES 6 months or less
Glenn County Sheriff NO
Gonzales Police Department NO
Grass Valley Police Department NO
Greenfield Police Department NO
Gridley-Biggs Police Department NO
Grover Beach Police Department YES NO Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Guadalupe Police Department NO
Gustine Police Department NO
Hanford Police Department NO
Hawthorne Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Hayward Police Department YES YES Vigilant, Other YES 6 months or less
Healdsburg Police Department YES NO Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Hemet Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Hercules Police Department YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Hermosa Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Hillsborough Police Department YES YES Other YES Less than 1 day
Hollister Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Humboldt County Sheriff NO
Huntington Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Huntington Park Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Huron Police Department NO
Imperial County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Imperial Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Indio Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Inglewood Police Department YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Inyo County Sheriff NO
Ione Police Department NO
Irvine Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Irwindale Police Department NO
Jackson Police Department NO
Kensington Police Department NO
Kerman Police Department NO
Kern County Sheriff YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
King City Police Department NO
Kings County Sheriff NO
Kingsburg Police Department NO
La Habra Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
La Mesa Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
La Palma Police Department YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
La Verne Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Laguna Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Lake County Sheriff YES Other YES Less than 1 day
Lake Shastina Police Department NO
Lassen County Sheriff NO
Lemoore Police Department NO
Lincoln Police Department YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Lindsay Police Department NO
Livermore Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Livingston Police Department NO
Lompoc Police Department NO
Long Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Los Alamitos Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Los Altos Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Los Angeles County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Los Angeles Police Department YES YES PIPS NO Greater than 5 years
Los Banos Police Department NO
Los Gatos - Monte Sereno Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Madera County Sheriff YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Madera Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Mammoth Lakes Police Department NO
Manhattan Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Manteca Police Department YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Marin County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Marina Police Department NO
Mariposa County Sheriff NO
Martinez Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Marysville Police Department NO
McFarland Police Department NO
Mendota Police Department NO
Menifee Police Department NO
Menlo Park Police Department YES YES PIPS YES 6 months or less
Merced County Sheriff NO
Merced Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Mill Valley Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Milpitas Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Modesto Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Modoc County Sheriff NO
Mono County Sheriff NO
Monrovia Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Montclair Police Department YES YES PIPS, Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Montebello Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Monterey County Sheriff NO
Monterey Park Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Monterey Police Department NO
Moraga Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Morgan Hill Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Morro Bay Police Department NO
Mountain View Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Murrieta Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Napa County Sheriff NO
Napa Police Department YES Other YES Less than 1 day
National City Police Department YES YES PIPS NO Less than 1 day
Nevada City Police Department NO
Nevada County Sheriff NO
Newark Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Newman Police Department NO
Newport Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Novato Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Oakdale Police Department NO
Oakland Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Oakley Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Ontario Police Department YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Orange County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Orange Cove Police Department NO
Orange Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Orland Police Department NO
Oroville Police Department NO
Oxnard Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Pacific Grove Police Department NO
Pacifica Police Department YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Palm Springs Police Department NO
Palo Alto Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Palos Verdes Estates Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Paradise Police Department NO
Parlier Police Department NO
Pasadena Police Department YES YES
Paso Robles Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Petaluma Police Department YES YES Vigilant, Genetec YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Piedmont Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Pinole Police Department YES Other NO Less than 1 day
Pismo Beach Police Department YES NO Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Pittsburg Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Placentia Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Placer County Sheriff YES Vigilant NO Less than 1 day
Placerville Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Pleasant Hill Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Pleasanton Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Plumas County Sheriff NO
Pomona Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Port Hueneme Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
Porterville Police Department NO
Red Bluff Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Redding Police Department NO
Redlands Police Department YES YES Vigilant, Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Redondo Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Redwood City Police Department YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Reedley Police Department NO
Rialto Police Department NO
Richmond Police Department NO
Ridgecrest Police Department NO
Rio Dell Police Department NO
Rio Vista Police Department YES NO Other YES 6 months or less
Ripon Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Riverside County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Riverside Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Rocklin Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Roseville Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Ross Police Department NO
Sacramento County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Sacramento Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Saint Helena Police Department NO
Salinas Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
San Benito County Sheriff NO
San Bernardino County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
San Bernardino Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
San Bruno Police Department YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Diego County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Diego Police Department YES NO Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Fernando Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
San Francisco Police Department YES NO PIPS, Other NO Between 6 months and 1 year
San Gabriel Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Greater than 5 years
San Joaquin County Sheriff YES Vigilant YES 6 months or less
San Jose Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Leandro Police Department YES YES PIPS YES Less than 1 day
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Luis Obispo Police Department NO
San Marino Police Department NO
San Mateo County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Mateo Police Department YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Pablo Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
San Rafael Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
San Ramon Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Sand City Police Department YES Other NO Less than 1 day
Sanger Police Department NO
Santa Ana Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Santa Barbara County Sheriff NO
Santa Barbara Police Department YES NO Other YES Less than 1 day
Santa Clara County Sheriff YES YES PIPS YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Santa Clara Police Department YES YES Other YES Less than 1 day
Santa Cruz County Sheriff NO
Santa Cruz Police Department NO
Santa Maria Police Department NO
Santa Monica Police Department YES NO Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Santa Paula Police Department NO
Santa Rosa Police Department NO
Sausalito Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Scotts Valley Police Department NO
Seal Beach Police Department YES YES Vigilant, Genetec YES Less than 1 day
Seaside Police Department NO
Sebastopol Police Department NO
Selma Police Department NO
Shafter Police Department NO
Shasta County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant, PIPS YES Less than 1 day
Sierra County Sheriff NO
Sierra Madre Police Department NO
Signal Hill Police Department YES NO Vigilant, Other YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Simi Valley Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Solano County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant, PIPS, Other YES Less than 1 day
Soledad Police Department NO
Sonoma County Sheriff YES Other YES Less than 1 day
Sonora Police Department NO
South Gate Police Department YES NO PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
South Lake Tahoe Police Department NO
South Pasadena Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
South San Francisco Police Department YES YES Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Stallion Springs Police Department NO
Stanislaus County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant, Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Stockton Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Suisun City Police Department NO
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety YES YES PIPS YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Susanville Police Department NO
Sutter County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Sutter Creek Police Department NO
Taft Police Department NO
Tehachapi Police Department NO
Tehama County Sheriff YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Tiburon Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Torrance Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Tracy Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Trinity County Sheriff NO
Truckee Police Department NO
Tulare County Sheriff NO
Tulare Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Tulelake Police Department NO
Tuolumne County Sheriff NO
Turlock Police Department NO
Tustin Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Greater than 5 years
Ukiah Police Department NO
Union City Police Department YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Upland Police Department YES YES Vigilant, ELSAG, Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Vacaville Police Department YES YES PIPS YES 6 months or less
Vallejo Police Department YES YES PIPS, Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Ventura County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Ventura Police Department YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Vernon Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Visalia Police Department YES NO Other YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Walnut Creek Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Watsonville Police Department NO
Weed Police Department NO
West Covina Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
West Sacramento Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 2 years and 5 years
Westminster Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Westmorland Police Department YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Wheatland Police Department NO
Whittier Police Department YES Vigilant YES Less than 1 day
Williams Police Department NO
Willits Police Department NO
Winters Police Department NO
Woodlake Police Department NO
Woodland Police Department YES YES Vigilant YES Between 6 months and 1 year
Yolo County Sheriff YES YES Vigilant YES Between 1 year and 2 years
Yreka Police Department NO
Yuba City Police Department NO
Yuba County Sheriff NO

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